Tag: Agriculture & Poultry

Adversity Made Area?s Centennial Club Stronger in Toughest Times

Twenty-six for-profit companies in Northwest Arkansas have had continuous operations for at least 100 years.

Buffalo Back At Market

Diners looking for something different might be interested in the meat being reintroduced to the Berryville farmers market this summer.

Tyson Value Added Wins Big In Market

Tyson Foods Inc. plans to target growth in sales of value-added products, increasing sales from that segment from 35 to 50 percent over the next three to five years.

Poultry Farms Bring Home Bacon

A Mena real estate agent creates a niche business by selling and brokering poultry farm deals in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri.

Angus Queen Makes Jac?s Purebred King

Behind every successful cattleman, there?s a good heifer. At Jac?s Ranch in Bentonville, her name is Toreby Queen B903.

Firm Ups Byproduct Yield

All sorts of offbeat byproducts are hiding under Tyson Foods’ skins.

Farmers Co-ops Still Serve Cities

A one-time fixture on Arkansas ?Main Streets,? Farmers Cooperatives are now only in five Northwest Arkansas cities: Bentonville, Siloam Springs, Gentry, Van Buren and Fayetteville.

Okie Phosphorus Battle Tabled for the Moment

Arkansas officials agree that even the 10-year time frame to meet Oklahoma?s proposed phosphorus index is impossible.

Post Winery Has Five-Fold Production Increase Since ?80s

Production at the Post Familie Vineyards & Winery in Altus has increased by five fold since the 1980s to about 500,000 gallons in 2003.

Springdale Sale Barn Thrives

There are several competitors within a 140-mile radius, but the Springdale Sale Barn has still become the largest weekly livestock sale in Arkansas.

Tyson To Take Old Store for Office

It looks like rennovations are underway on the 73,000-SF former Kmart building located at 2231 W. 6th Street in Fayetteville.

Wal-Mart Threatens To Out-Walk Tyson

Corporate competition in the 2004 Northwest Arkansas American Heart Walk is already fierce.

Clear Creek Tees Up Apartments, Course

John Tyson?s much anticipated development, Clear Creek Golf Club in Johnson, is making the final push toward completion.

Learning, Litter Might be Area?s Only Road Bumps

Litigation regarding public school funding and phosphorus runoff into the watershed might be the only two things to derail Northwest Arkansas? economic gravy train.

Tyson Announces Wellness Office

Tyson Foods Inc. announced on Nov. 21 the formalization of an official Office of Animal Well-Being headed by veterinarian and animal welfare expert Kellye Pfalzgraf.

Tyson?s Earnings Up, Fiscal Profits Decline

Tyson Foods Inc. saw earnings jump by 42 percent for the fourth quarter, but earnings for the entire year were down.

Tyson Partners With Canadians

Tyson Foods Inc. has joined Export Packers Co. Ltd. of Toronto to produce fully cooked chicken products for sale in Canada.

Poultry Processing Rules State Manufacturing Sect

Among the largest manufacturing firms in Arkansas, the top four overall have major operations in the Arkansas River Valley or Northwest Arkansas.

Garrison Rakes in $11.7 Million, But Might Be Underpaid by Comparison

While most people?s salaries are confidential, the compensation for top executives of publicly traded companies must be reported in the annual proxy statement for all shareholders to see.

New Sandwiches Serve Tyson Foods

Bradley Blum, CEO of Burger King Corp., appeared recently on CNBC?s ?Squawk Box? and discussed his company?s new international growth strategy which could benefit Tyson Foods Inc.

Economy still growing, data center construction driving growth, economist says

Walmart to deliver Subway sandwiches with online orders in select stores

Fort Smith metro jobs in higher-paying sector down 7.2% in April

Arkansas TV Commission rescinds PBS disaffiliation